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N¼nNp«³.sWäv f\nbq_p Ip^¯n] tSWn f\n¡p«³ fp§n¡pan¨p. “”KnWpNp«m FWn¡p k^ps¶Xm… ½vw.. sim…imkp… ½vw…”” ^tf¨n]psX A^sN«nsâ skPw NqXn SpX§n. MmWpw ^tf¨n]pw AWnÀkIWo]fm] B ^SnhpO¯nt`¡p AXp¯p… fnWn«pNÄ Wo* B hpO¯nsâ AkhmWw f\n¡p«³ bm Ioän…. ^tf¨n]psX fp`Nant`¡p… sbm¡nant`¡p… B hpOhpgpbvSn]n A§sW WnÂt¡ Mm³ ^tf¨ns]msXm¸w f_nªp ko\p…

S` Smsj CXn¨ tkUW]n Mm³ bnXsªjps¶äp… ^tf¨n FknsX? ^tf¨n]psX ØmW¯v H^p S`]n\…MmWnt¸mjpw Fsâ fp_n]n Ss¶ B\sÃm… ‘G´m KnWq Fs´m f_nªp ko\ lÐw… “” Smsj Wn¶p A½]psX sImUyw. “”H¶pfnÃt½… St`\ Smsj ko\Sm” gÍn fpNans`¡p N]äns¡m*v b_ªp. Bt^m fpNans`¡v tN_n k^p¶ lÐw… Mm³ tkPsfjpt¶äv `p¦n S¸n…Wmlw AsSs§m«v Naªp… tU N«n`nWXn]nÂ… Rm Nn«n… Fjpt¶äv tkPw `p¦n Ipän St`\ FXp¡pt¼mtj¡v kmSnÂN Wnj`m«w. N`ym\n B\v BUyw F¯n]Sv… bn¶ms` k^p¶ A½ sImUn¨p “”S`]n\ ko\m C{S]pw lÐsfm?” N¼n]m]n NqXm^w AXn¨v Wn¡p¶ f\n¡p«sW Han¸n¡m³ Mm³ S`]n\ FXp¯v fXn]ns`¡v sk¨p. ASnWp fpNan ssN sk¨s¸mÄ H^p WWkv… H^p Can¨ In^n In^n¨v Mm³ b_ªp… ‘St`t\sX NqsX MmWpw D*m]n^p¶p”. N`ym\n In^n]psX fp¯pNÄ sbmjn¨p… bap¦pbm{Sw ko\pXª sbm`s¯ In^n… ‘H¶pw bän]nÃtÃm WnW¡v… “”In^n¨v sNm*v A½ sImUn¨p. “”km sfmsa.” N`ym\ns] knan¨v A½ Smsj¡p WX¶p. N`ym\n H^p Wnfngw kmSn¡ Wn¶p… F¶n«v Fs¶ tWm¡n S`]m«n… ‘Wnsâ NÅn Mm³ bnXn¨p sfmtW…”” F¶ f«nÂ. F¶n«v Sn^nªv WX¶p. Wmlw… Akap kÃSpw N*pNm\psfm? kmSn`ms\¦n AX¨n^p¶pfnÃ… G\n¸Xn]n Wn¶m Fsâ fp_n]ns`¡p Nps_sÈ Nm\mw… tN_n k^ps¼mÄ Aksa§mWpw kÃSpw N*pNm\psfm? Iv–sJ… Wm\t¡Xm]sÃm… Mm³ kmSn Im^n fp_ns]m¶v Aks`mNWw sI]vSp. NnX¡ A`s¦m`fm]n NnX¡p¶p… S`]n\]n Bt{hvS`n]]pw {lo`¦]psfms¡ D*v. Mm³ S`]n\]psX NkÀ Du^ns]Xp¯v Npanfp_n]ns`¡p sbm]n ASp NjpNn]n«v H^p Npan bmhm¡n Smsjs]¯n. än.kn fp_n]ns` F¯n]s¸mÄ N`ym\n]pw A½]pw AknsX tW^s¯ ØmWw bnXn¨n«p*v… Cµpt`O Fs¶m^p sfPm(t{Umiw) ho^n] Nm\pN]m\v. doW Bâ\ns] H¶p N*n«v sbmNmsf¶v knIm^n¨v H^p Nth^ k`n¨n«v C^p¶p. B kVkpw
Npt_ b^hy§apw N*v fSn]m]t¸mÄ Mm³ AknXn^n¡p¶ tb¸À FXp¯p km]n¨v SpX§n. ho^n] Njnªv Du\p Njn¡m³ A½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv